The "How stupid is Michelle Bachmann" trivia contest

[Eikon]

Who can tell me why this video proves that Michelle Bachmann is dumber than a post?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soj2JsVETSs[/youtube]

[bigbadberry3]

The murderer John Wayne Gacy was from that town correct me if I'm wrong?

[mattblancarte]

She's mixing up the actor with an infamous serial killer?

Edit: BBB beat me to it.

[Eikon]

The murderer John Wayne Gacy was from that town correct me if I'm wrong?

Winner!

The movie star is from Western Iowa.. DeSoto or Winterset or somewhere around there.
The serial killer "... Gacy" grew up in Waterloo.

I'm a little scared that she wants to channel that spirit.

What an Idiot!!!!

She should save the Republican party a lot of grief and money and give it up now.

[srellim234]

My cousin and his wife recently moved back here from Minnesota after raising their kids there. They came back because the kids are grown and my aunt needed someone close by to help take care of her (She's 88 and totally deaf). We had a family get-together where one person was talking about Bachmann. My cousin's response was only one sentence long.

"That lady is bat-sh*t crazy."

His wife agreed completely.

[bigbadberry3]

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110628 ... fact_check

[AZhitman]

...gonna go out on a limb here and disagree. Useless celebrity factoids don't make a person qualified to be POTUS.

She's not my choice, but "stupid" isn't a term typically ascribed to someone who's that educated....

And the whole "gotcha" thing has gotten silly. We've "fact-checked" everyone into the ground, they're ALL wrong, including a lot of what POTUS says. I'm convinced that politicians don't need "facts", because the slovenly retards who do nothing but watch TV and play video games are their voting bloc - and they don't care about "facts".

[Eikon]

She's not my choice, but "stupid" isn't a term typically ascribed to someone who's that educated....

Dude... Michelle Bachmann was BORN in Waterloo, IA. She, of all people, should know the difference between the two John Wayne's.

Clearly she's educated, but that doesn't make her smart.

[R/T Hemi]

"Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday at the CNN debate that she had filed paperwork to enter the presidential race and said she plans to make a formal announcement of her candidacy "soon.""

Add Palin's hat, er...cap to the ring of Republican hopefuls and tell me that there is the slightest chance a sane Republican has not left the room in fear of what his party has become.

In all fairness, Quayle wasn't possessed of a high performance brain, but he looks like Plato (or is it Platoe?) compared to the dynamic duo.

[IBCoupe]

And the whole "gotcha" thing has gotten silly. We've "fact-checked" everyone into the ground, they're ALL wrong, including a lot of what POTUS says. I'm convinced that politicians don't need "facts", because the slovenly retards who do nothing but watch TV and play video games are their voting bloc - and they don't care about "facts".

Let's be clear about this:

"Gotcha" Journalism = asking a manipulative question in order to get a predictable kind of answer that you plan to turn into a negative, possibly misleading sound bite.

Regular journalism = reporting on all the stupid things that a hyped up candidate says. Sarah Palin wasn't a victim of gotcha journalism on Cape Cod; she was asked what she took away from the trip and volunteered the stupid

Seriously, I'm not usually one to pick on politicians for non-policy related things, but when Michelle Bachmann isn't spreading stupid, she's spreading crazy and lies. The Healthcare Reform law will have abortions performed in school? President and First Lady Obama have an anti-America agenda and are trying to indoctrinate our children in reeducation camps?

I don't care if this woman is stupid - she's bad for our country's mental health (whether she means to be, of course, is still a matter up for debate) and really shouldn't be allowed near the Oval Office.

[Cold_Zero]

Eikon, whooopty freaking dooo. She made a mistake about her birth state, I am sure if you polled me questions about my birth state, I would butcher the fact. I realize I am not invoking it for personal gain, just the opposite; I am ashamed to be from there. But, I fail to see the relevance. When Obama made the comment about traveling to 58 states in this country, I knew what he meant and didn’t beat him up. These candidates are on a whirl wind tour between traveling to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Caroline (among other destinations) and I can only imagine the physical and mental limits they are pushed to.
With that said, maybe Bachmann and Biden can run together on the gaffe ticket.

[Cold_Zero]

"Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday at the CNN debate that she had filed paperwork to enter the presidential race and said she plans to make a formal announcement of her candidacy "soon.""

And let the Misogyny begin from the mainstream media and pundints.

In all fairness, Quayle wasn't possessed of a high performance brain, but he looks like Plato (or is it Platoe?) compared to the dynamic duo.

Have you ever had a conversation with Dan Qualye? While I will admit he was probably in over his head, in terms of the media when he was Vice President, he is a very smart man. My family also holds his wife (a lawyer) in high regard. Dan Qualye also holds the largest margin of a win in Indiana election history and unseated a Senior Sentator (Birch Bayh) his first time out. This guy is not stupid.

[stebo0728]

Everyone on the right is stupid, according to the left, and to be honest I'd rather be considered stupid by the left than smart. If a moonie thought I made sense, Id probably kill myself, or sentence myself to a life on Elba.

[Cold_Zero]

This isnt necessarily a right vs. left type of thing. Sure there will always be pundits on the left that will attack Bachmann or Palin because they don’t fit their paradigm of what a woman in politics should believe and espouse, but most of the attacks come from inside the party because the establishment is looking to preserve its power by getting its favored candidates elected. Yet, paying some sort of lip service to the ‘fringe’ candidates because they can’t fully destroy them for fear of pissing off certain base groups. I have asked this in a few places, why is it more important to get ‘your guy’ elected than to preserve your message (platform/ideology)? If you look at what happened in the last 12 years, I would have to say that this mentality has damaged the Republican Party to the point where you can’t really tell the difference between a Democrat or a Republican and given rise to the TEA Party and other groups.

[IBCoupe]

Everyone on the right is stupid, according to the left...

I don't think that's the case. Or, if it is, you're going to need someone other than Bachmann for your argument.

[srellim234]

Cold, there's a big diference between making that kind of mistake about a state and that kind of mistake about your home town. Just like the lack of preparation for the speeches in New Hampshire where she rewrote American Revolutionary history she is proving that she is unprepared, fails to do research and has not surrounded herself with people who will.

She is showing the same when it comes to facts and policies that actually affect all of us.

http://www.factcheck.org/2011/06/factchecking-bachmann

http://www.politifact.com/personalities ... statements

[stebo0728]

Everyone on the right is stupid, according to the left...

I don't think that's the case. Or, if it is, you're going to need someone other than Bachmann for your argument.

Dont mind me, it was hyperbolic conjecture.

[Cold_Zero]

Cold, there's a big diference between making that kind of mistake about a state and that kind of mistake about your home town.

Sure it is her birth place (not necessarily her home town, wouldnt that be Minn?) and I realize she was trying to invoke some imagery, but isnt this gaffe just tertiary?

Just like the lack of preparation for the speeches in New Hampshire where she rewrote American Revolutionary history she is proving that she is unprepared, fails to do research and has not surrounded herself with people who will.

And the counterpoint of this is that we get politicians that speak in platitudes and generalities as to ‘play it safe’ and not risk the exposure. I realize, to do your campaign a service you need to the message right and the surrounding details. Don’t get me wrong.

[srellim234]

Not just a birth place. What she considers her home town. Where she was raised.

http://wcfcourier.com/iowacaucus/profil ... 002e0.html

"Bachmann told a national television audience that she had filed papers to run for office last week. However, she said she'd make the official announcement in Waterloo.

"I want to have the welcome home event to really thank the people of Iowa and thank the people of Waterloo area for everything they gave me when I was growing up," Bachmann said in a telephone interview.

Bachmann has stressed her Iowa roots in the time leading up to her announcement and in repeated visits to the Hawkeye state. Bachmann was born Michele Marie Amble at Allen Hospital in Waterloo and lived in the area until she was 12. She attended Valley Park and Cedar Heights elementary schools in Cedar Falls and a Waterloo junior high school. She graduated from high school in Anoka, Minn.

She said people shouldn't be surprised she's making her announcement in Waterloo.

"That's where it all began and that's where I learned all my values and everything that has taken me to running for the office of the presidency of the United States," she said.

[srellim234]

As for platitudes and generalities, you at least owe it to the people of your destination to learn some basic things about them. Any basic info would have indicated that Lexington and Concord of Revolutionary War fame are in Massachusetts. On her way to New Hampshire to deliver a prepared speech (with the reference that was repeated again later) that reference should never have been placed into that speech. She makes up the facts and inserts them as she sees fit. The truth be damned.

I agree with you that politicians should be more specific but they also need to get their facts right. It's especially true the more specific they want to be.

[R/T Hemi]

"Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday at the CNN debate that she had filed paperwork to enter the presidential race and said she plans to make a formal announcement of her candidacy "soon.""

And let the Misogyny begin from the mainstream media and pundints.

It's far from some misogynic babble. They are both poor choices for politicians. However, Michelle Bachmann has Sarah Palin beat all over in one regard. Sarah Palin only has megalomania. Michelle Bachmann has lots of other manias. Seriously, their candidacy is a gimme for Obama. I'm hoping for a great campaign from realistic candidates in 2012. A campaign that can actually add something to the platform and brings out the best from both sides. Neither of these women have a prayer of doing that. I want issues and answers from the hopefuls. Without worthy candidates from the red team, we're not going to get it.

[Cold_Zero]

As for platitudes and generalities, you at least owe it to the people of your destination to learn some basic things about them. Any basic info would have indicated that Lexington and Concord of Revolutionary War fame are in Massachusetts. On her way to New Hampshire to deliver a prepared speech (with the reference that was repeated again later) that reference should never have been placed into that speech. She makes up the facts and inserts them as she sees fit. The truth be damned.

I agree with you that politicians should be more specific but they also need to get their facts right. It's especially true the more specific they want to be.

I dont see you beating up President Obama for proclaiming that SFC Jared Monti (10th Mountain) was his first non-posthumously Medal of Honor recipient. But hey damn be the facts I guess?

[stebo0728]

The media steers which bits of misinformation we care about, and we all get mad about them just like little mice behind the piper.

[srellim234]

I dont see you beating up President Obama for proclaiming that SFC Jared Monti (10th Mountain) was his first non-posthumously Medal of Honor recipient. But hey damn be the facts I guess?

This discussion is about Bachmann. The fact that I am not beating up Obama in this thread has nothing to do with it and in no way constitutes a defense of him. Feel free to get a thread going about his gaffes I'll be happy to criticize him there. I'm not so sure that he plays as loose with facts as Bachmann, though. The Monti instance was extremely poor. A much more egregious act on the international stage was Obama's disrespect of the British people in general and the Queen specifically with his lack of following protocol at the dinner in England.

[Cold_Zero]

The SFC Jared Monti gaffe was a poor example? Let's go to home the 10th Mountain', hold a speech on Afghanistan and then insult the entire Division by getting on of their MOH recipients wrong in a rah rah moment? ok.

[srellim234]

You closed your mind and didn't read the statement.

"The Monti instance was extremely poor". Although I didn't make it as clear as I should have, I did not use the word "example" which you injected to completely change my meaning. I should have lengthened it by saying "The Monti instance was extremely poor on Obama's part." I don't appreciate you changing my statements to change the meaning. Quit assuming what I meant and injecting things I didn't say.

[Cold_Zero]

And i wasnt necessarily implying that you needed in a tit for tat criticize everyone equally. But I find it interesting that people loose their freaking mind when conservative women make mistakes in their political statements. Well it least they can keep it in their pants unlike their male counter parts and dont go blaming the current economic wows of the country on ATMs. I think that crazy talk isnt something just isolated to Palin or Bachmann.

Please note, Obama apologized for his mistake and as far as I am concerned (which probably doesnt mean much) it is a settled matter.

[srellim234]

They also don't put the blame where it squarely belongs: on the failed policies of BOTH PARTIES and the party machines that yes, those women depend on to get elected.

As I've noted before in other threads, there are women that I wouldn't have hesitated to vote for even though they were in the two major parties. The first one that comes to mind was Elizabeth Dole (R).

The problem is not that they're women. It's that these specific women are extremist, ill prepared and uninformed.

[AZhitman]

Issues. Not trivia.

'nuff said.

Besides, I was born and raised in Ozark, AL. I couldn't tell you a damn thing about it. Yet somehow, I'm gainfully employed. Go figure.

[srellim234]

They're uninformed about both issues and trivia.